The athletic crusade sport and American cultural imperialism / Gerald R. Gems.

Contents Race, religion, and manifest destiny -- China and the rejection of Christianity -- Baseball and bushido in Japan -- Sport and colonialism in the Philippines -- Hawaii as a cultural crossroads of sport -- Cuba and the rehabilitative qualities of sport -- Sport and the restoration of pride in Puerto Rico -- Sport and economic retaliation in the Dominican Republic -- The outposts of empire -- The globalization of sport.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-224) and index.
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LCCN 2005026035
ISBN0803222165 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780803222168 (cloth : alk. paper)

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